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Josh Carpenter | |
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| Born | Joshua Adam Carpenter June 27, 1979 Tyler, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Website | www |
Joshua Adam Carpenter (born June 27, 1979), is an American actor whose credits include roles in the Azusa Pacific University student-produced short film Expiration Date; the television series Sex and The City , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Hostage: Do or Die; a skit on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and the wolfman in the Paramore music video Brick by Boring Brick . [1] [2]
Born in Tyler, Texas, Carpenter began acting and singing at an early age in musicals and plays at Tyler's Brickstreet Theatre and participating in acting workshops. [2] He attended college[ which? ], but after a few years, decided to pursue acting as a career. He moved to New York City where he performed in off Broadway children's shows, musicals, student films and indie films, and in featured roles on television shows.[ citation needed ]
In 2008 he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he acted in a television commercial for Budweiser that was televised during the Super Bowl, and was featured in a music video with the rock band Paramore. He also appeared in advertisements for Toyota and Time Warner's Kirin High Ball, the television sitcoms Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm , and as a sketch actor on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. [2]
His student-produced short film Expiration Date won the Audience Choice Award for Best Student Film at the 2012 Oceanside International Film Festival, and was an Official Selection of the 2012 Riverside International Film Festival and Gangrene Short Comedy Film Festival. [3]
Carpenter returned to Texas to work with the East Texas Artists Nation and Actors’ Preparatory Exchange programs. [2] He has worked with Snap Brothers on commercials for Miller Lite and Hot Wheels. In New Orleans he filmed a role on the Lifetime movie "Dreamhouse Nightmare". When he is not acting he works for a boutique hotel in their sales department.